Prosecutors so far have called 11 witnesses to the stand in an attempt to prove that Kennedy, 27, broke into the Spring Hill Avenue home of Zoa White in June 2010. Forensics experts testified Tuesday that fingerprints and DNA tests linked Kennedy to the retired Realtor’s house.

If convicted of capital murder, Kennedy faces life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

Today, the 15-member jury is expected to hear the defendant’s statement to police – a statement in which he changed his story several times, Assistant District Attorney JoBeth Murphree said in her opening statement Monday.

Prosecutors contend that Kennedy sexually assaulted White then then bludgeoned her to death with the claw end of a hammer.

After retiring from her real estate business, White volunteered for Bob Riley’s gubernatorial campaign and worked for a time in his administration at the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Her death shocked Midtown residents already on edge after the home-invasion killing of Christopher Kyser Miree, a young engineer originally from Birmingham.

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